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A Most Unexpected Place

You never know what you might find when you open a door!

The Amazing Adventure of Amanderella Gottsnobbler Chapter 3

Chapter 3: Escape. Amanderella’s idea started off modestly. She would teach the village girls one or two of her seventeen ways to disable an attacker...

The Expanse

Previously posted on X/Twitter as part of a weekly poetry challenge hosted by @TopTweetTuesday and @blackboughpoems With a word limit of 80, the...
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The Donaldson Controversy (3)

“I think I’ll have a salad today,” said Miss Groves when we met for luncheon. “What about you?” “Jacket potato.” “And filling?” “I’ll wait to see...
Cherry

McCalliog and his hens (3)

I went into town. I wasn’t going to ring Tilly before I had all of the facts. Meirson’s didn’t look the site of a kerfuffle, it looked the same as it...
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McCalliog and his hens (2)

The next day my wife went into town to meet a friend for coffee while I pottered in the garden. She rang me mid-tulip sounding breathless with...

Swept Under: Chapter 6: (looking for feedback) 20/04/26

After being embarrassed in front of the whole school and thrown down the stairs, Red was all Musa could see. A stream of blood ran down his shin. The...

McCalliog and his hens (1)

“I went into Meirson’s Antiques today,” my wife said one night, as we sat in bed, reading. “Oh yes,” I said distractedly. “He’s got a painting, one...

The Donaldson Controversy (2)

I arrived early for the next lecture, and took my usual seat at the front of the class. I noticed a figure lurking at the side of the lecture hall, a...

Swept Under: Chapter 5: (looking for feedback) 20/04/26

Trevor got up before dawn and went for a run around the block. He liked it, the way the cold air dried his throat and made his nose run, and the way...

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